
The community of Verbena sits on the high plains of Garza County, overlooking the deeply incised canyon system formed by the Salt Fork Brazos River. This 1960s landscape is defined by the transition from flat cotton-growing tablelands to the broken, erosive drainage networks of McDonald Creek and Slicknasty Creek. The topographic detail reveals a region balancing agricultural land use with emerging energy extraction, as evidenced by the numerous drill holes and the Post Oil Field occupying the southern reaches.
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1954 · Lubbock
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Twomile Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1962 · Smith Tank
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Kalgary
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Canyon Valley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Cap Rock SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Cottonwood Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Justiceburg NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Post East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1986 · Slaton
USGS Topo · 1:100,000